Relations with Local Senates Committee

Charge

The Relations with Local Senates Committee serves to augment the work of the Executive Committee in its efforts to provide an opportunity to share information on issues of concern at the local and state levels. While members of the Relations with Local Senates Committee should be conversant with pertinent statutes and strategies for effective academic senates, their work will be primarily as liaisons and conduits for information and requests for assistance.

Current Members

  • Lesley Kawaguchi, Santa Monica College, Chair
  • Area A: Kim Harrell, Folsom Lake and Brook Oliver, Sierra College
  • Area B: Anita Black, Merritt College and Henry Gee, Evergreen Valley College
  • Area C: Adrienne Foster, West Los Angeles College and Michelle Grimes-Hillman, Mt. San Antonio College
  • Area D: Vesna Marcina, Orange Coast and Michael Wangler, Cuyamuca College

Meeting Dates

  • Sept. 28, 2010 -- 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. via CCC Confer
  • Oct. 26, 2010 -- 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. via CCC Confer
  • Nov. 11, 2010 -- 7:30 - 8:00 a.m. Breakfast At Plenary
  • Jan. 17, 2011 -- 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. via CCC Confer
  • Jan. 19, 2011 -- 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. via CCC Confer

Past Meeting Minutes

#TitleSessionYearStatus
01.01 Senate Delegate Roles and Responsibilities Spring 1995 Completed
19.08 Hiring and Evaluation of Adjunct Faculty Spring 1996 Completed
01.06 Rostrum Shared Governance Articles Fall 1994 Completed
19.02 Shared Governance Compliance Fall 1994 Completed
01.06 Executive Committee Members at Geocluster Meeting Fall 1995 Completed
17.02 Part-time Faculty Involvement in Local Senates Fall 1995 Completed
20.05 Training for Shared Governance Fall 1995 Completed
01.03 Communication with Local Senates Spring 1995 Completed
13.09 Restoration of 75/25 Ratio Spring 1995 Completed
13.01 Substitute Motion for Resolution 13.1.0 Fall 1996 Completed
17.01 Technical assistance Fall 1996 Completed
17.02 Ombudsperson Fall 1996 Completed
17.03 Local Senates and Hiring of Administrators Fall 1996 Completed
17.04 Clerical Support Fall 1996 Completed
19.03 Learning Centers (19.11 S96 Postponed) Fall 1996 Completed
19.06 Uniform Policies for Preparing Teaching Schedules Fall 1996 Completed
17.01 Local Senate in Institutional Planning Fall 1997 Completed
17.02 Faculty Involvement in Facilities Planning Fall 1997 Completed
17.03 Year Round Senate Participation Fall 1997 Completed
17.04 Orientation for Local Boards Fall 1997 Completed
07.01 Grant Proposal Deadlines Fall 1997 Completed
17.01 Evaluate "geoclusters" Spring 1997 Completed
17.02 Brown Act Local Senate Elections Spring 1997 Completed
07.02 Chancellor's E-mail Spring 1997 Completed
19.07 Part-time Faculty Office Facilities Fall 1998 Completed
19.03 Discipline Study of Part-time and Full-time Assignments Fall 1999 Completed
17.04 Revising Best Practices Model Publications Spring 2000 Completed
17.05 Developing Academic Senates at New California Community Colleges Spring 2000 Completed
20.01 Textbook Grants Spring 2000 Completed
21.01 CalWORKs Spring 2000 Completed
21.02 CalWORKs -AB 1233 Spring 2000 Completed
13.04 Alternative Calendars Spring 2001 Completed
17.01 Urge Newly Elected Local Presidents to Attend Leadership and Sessions Spring 2001 Ongoing
17.01 Strengthening Local Collegial Consultation Spring 2002 Completed
17.03 Shared Governance Reports Spring 1998 Completed
13.04 Shared Governance: Barriers to Participation Fall 2004 Completed
19.02 Ramifications of the Brown Act Fall 2004 Completed
01.04 Topic Experts Provided by Academic Senate Spring 2005 Ongoing
06.03 Integrity in the Learning Environment Spring 2005 Completed
13.05 Blocking of Faculty Use of Internet Sites Spring 2005 Completed
01.01 Local Senate Resources Fall 2005 Completed
01.02 Effective Practices Fall 2005 Not Addressed
01.03 Reassigned/Released Time Survey Fall 2005 Completed
20.01 Student Involvement in Participatory Governance Committees Fall 2005 Completed
01.02 Assistance for Local Senates Spring 2006 Ongoing
01.04 Database of Policies and Procedures Spring 2006 Found Not Feasible
06.05 Community College Initiative Spring 2006 Completed
09.02 Promoting Success in Mathematics Spring 2006 Completed
09.04 Extensions and Centers Spring 2006 Completed
13.02 Academic Freedom and Lecture Recordings Spring 2006 Completed
13.05 Research the Effectiveness of Multi-College Districts Spring 2006 Completed
01.02 Explore Local Shared Governance Policies Fall 2006 Not Addressed
03.01 Fully Using the Registry Fall 2006 Completed
09.08 Use of the Paper "The Role of Noncredit in the California Community Colleges" Fall 2006 Completed
01.01 Establishment of New Local and District Senates Spring 2007 Found Not Feasible
01.02 Ensuring Participatory Governance Spring 2007 Ongoing
01.03 Appointment of Faculty Representatives Spring 2007 Completed
13.08 Improving Faculty Interest in Administrative Leadership Fall 2007 Completed
09.09 Golden Four Grades in New Transfer Degrees Fall 2010 Assigned
13.09 Best Practices: Integrating Part-time Faculty into Shared-Governance Fall 2010 Assigned
13.11 Increasing Faculty Voice Fall 2010 Assigned
19.01 Academic and Professional Matters Purview Fall 2010 Assigned
01.01 Emeritus Status for Ian Walton Spring 2012 Assigned
01.02 Emeritus Status for Karolyn Hanna Spring 2012 Assigned
01.03 Support Use of “Contact” in Resolutions Spring 2012 Assigned
02.01 Accreditation Effective Practices Paper Spring 2012 Assigned
02.02 Effective Practices for Providing California Community College Library Resources and Services to Online Students Spring 2012 Assigned
06.01 Limit Taxpayer-funded, Need-Based Financial Aid to Public and Private Nonprofit Colleges Only Spring 2012 Assigned
06.02 Early Childhood Education Spring 2012 Assigned
06.03 Student Success Infrastructure Act of 2012 Spring 2012 Assigned
06.04 Tiered Fees in the California Community Colleges Spring 2012 Assigned
06.05 Support for Middle Class Scholarship Act Spring 2012 Assigned
07.01 Role of California Community College Libraries in the Implementation of the Student Success Task Force Recommendations Spring 2012 Assigned
08.01 Adopt Paper The Role of Counseling Faculty and Delivery of Counseling in the California Community Colleges Spring 2012 Assigned
09.01 Establish Role of Faculty Discipline Review Groups (FDRGs) Spring 2012 Assigned
09.02 Local Implementation of C-ID Spring 2012 Assigned
09.03 Implementing Prerequisites for Enhancing Student Success Spring 2012 Assigned
09.04 Adopt Paper Setting Course Enrollment Maximums: Process, Roles, and Principles Spring 2012 Assigned
09.05 Submit Courses to C-ID Spring 2012 Assigned
09.06 Transfer Model Curriculum Aligned Associate Degrees for Transfer Spring 2012 Assigned
11.01 Creation of Distance Education Effective Practices Resource Spring 2012 Assigned
13.01 Noncredit Education and ARCC Reporting Spring 2012 Assigned
13.02 Arbitrary Targeting of Athletics by the Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) Spring 2012 Assigned
13.03 General Education and American Institutions Certification on Student Transcripts Spring 2012 Assigned
13.04 Oppose Governor’s 2012-13 Proposals to Cut the CalWORKs Welfare-to-Work Program Spring 2012 Assigned
13.05 Evaluating Current District Governance Structures Spring 2012 Assigned
13.06 Success of Latino Student Achievement Spring 2012 Assigned
13.07 Hiring of Academic Administrators Spring 2012 Assigned
14.01 Progress Indicator Implementation for Noncredit Coursework Spring 2012 Assigned
19.01 Faculty Training for Implementation of Noncredit Progress Indicators Spring 2012 Assigned
19.02 Academic Freedom and Electronic Communication Spring 2012 Assigned
19.03 Faculty Commitment to Student Learning Spring 2012 Assigned
20.01 Admissions Priorities and Practices Regarding Out-of-State and International Students Spring 2012 Assigned
20.02 Academic Progress for Board of Governors Fee Waiver Students Spring 2012 Assigned
21.01 Career Technical Education Advisory Committees Spring 2012 Assigned
21.02 CTE Program Review Spring 2012 Assigned
TitleAuthorMonthYear
“All Senates is Local” Crump, Dan, Relations with Local Senates Committee Chair January 2010
Communication is Key Crump, Dan, Chair, Relations with Local Senates Committee 2009-2010 September 2010
Whither Local Control? Kawaguchi, Lesley, Relations with Local Senates Committee Chair March 2011